Improvement in rilway journal-boxes



- 2 Sheets-Sheen; R. C. WRIGHT. 1

I Car-Axle Box.

Patented July 25 1865.

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Witnesses:

[[0 all whomic't may concern:

Be it known that I, R. O.

-1viile,' in the county of Crawford and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented a new and us ful parts.

bolt B UNITE 1 STATES 'R. o. WRIGHL'OF MEQAD PATENT OFF CE.

-VILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

lMPROVEMfiNTiN R'AILWA JOURNAL-BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letttrs Patent No. 49,022, dated July 25, 1865.-

WRIGHT, of Mliad- Improvementin Railway Axle J ourn al-Bo es; andI do hereby declare that the foilewingiisa full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference beinghad-to thaccomp 't'tnying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which v Figure 1 is a plan or'top view of hay inv entiou; Fig. 2, aside view of the-same; Fig. a front view of the same; Fig. 4, a section of the cover or cap, taken in the line a: w,-Fig. 2; Fig. .35, a'section of the cover or cap, taken in' thel-.li,lie .y.y, F ig,,,4; Fig. 6.,a plan on'top view of.

the cover or cap.

Similar letters of reference indicate like The nature of my invention consists in providing-the opening at the outer end of a railway axle journal-box with a coveror cap that may be readily opened for the purpose of inspecting the contents of the box and adjusting and removing'the same, and at the same time preventing the admissionof dnst, dirt, and

otherforeignsubstances into'the box.

I construct my nxle-boxin any of the known forms, and to its outer orfront end I attach a cover or cap, A, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. .At each side of-the axle-box thereis an ear,- A, having an opening in them' near their up- *per e'ndsto receive a ro'dor bolt, B. A-t'the .lowerfedge oi the opening which the cover or capffitsover, there is a lip, a, which, forms a recess, to receive the lower edge of thecapfor hislip-has its 'innersid'e slight-lyinqshowu clearly in Fig. 2. The rodorpasses through an 'opening b, .in the. upper-'en'd'of the cover or"cap,.said'--opeuing bo ingot oblong form in itsftrans'verse section to;

admit of a certain degreeot playfor thec'overj' or'cap, sutficient to allow the lower'end of the latter to'work in and on by the lip a.

The cover or cap tof the recessforrned j is made-with apoclifetoir,

end of which bears on the bottomof said pocket or chamber and the other end against the rod or bolt B, as shown clearly in Fig. 4.. This spring, it will be seen, has a tendency to keep 'thelower end of the cover or cap within the j recess formed by the lip a. i

:Theiow-er outer surface of the cover or cap 'is beveled or-inclined, corfesponding' to the---- inclination of the lip a, as shown at a" inFig. 2. These inclined surfaces of the. parts re- I ferred to cause the cap or cover to be pressed snugly to the sides of the box, thereby preventing the admission of dust, dirt, and other foreignsdbstances. The oblong opening bis parallel transversely with the inclined sides of the box, against which the cover or cap'bears,

former and be moved in a plane parallel with said inclined sides. e ,At the outer side of the cover or cap there is' a projection or thumb-piece, D, for the 00m; vnience-ot' openingand closing the former.

'- 2.- The openingb n the upper partof the cover or capA, the radar bolt B,,andthe 7 spring 0, arranged snbstantiall y as and for the purpose specified.

3. Thelip a,' haviug an inclined inner snrs'urfacj'e, a, of the cover or cap A, and a spring, 0, for'the purpose specified.

(I Witness es: i I J. F. SOHNEEBEBGER;

chamber, 0, to receive a spiral spring, 0,'ou 'e- ,0. H. LEWI .amlihencethelatterinayfitsnugly.agaihstthe The cover or cap, it will be seen, may-be I.

to project back over the railway axle journal- I face,'in combination with the lower bcveled 

